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. for about forty-eight hours, when the clear UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

DANIEL J. KYTE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,496,6ated November17, 1885.

Application filed October 5, 1885. Serial No. 179,036. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. KYTE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia. in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented acertain new and useful Medical Compound forthe Treatment and Cure of Dyspepsia; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others to make and use thesame.

My composition consists of the followingnamed ingredients, prepared inthe manner hereinafter described: ground calafnus-root, five pounds;ground corianderseed, five pounds; ground juniper-berries, five pounds;ground ginger, one and one-fourth pound; ground cinnamon, one andone-fourth pound; powdered Cape aloes, eleven pounds eleven ounces;alcohol, six gallons; water, eight gallons. The above ingredients areput into a twenty-five-gallon churn, which is then made as nearair-tight as possible, and allowed to remain therein for forty-eighthours, the mass being agitated by the movement of the churnpaddles forabout one minute every hour. At the expiration of the forty-eight hoursthe liquid is drawn off and the herbs taken out and put in a coarsemuslin bag or cloth, after which they are subjected to pressure tosqueeze out the remaining liquid. The liquid first drawn off and thatobtained by pressing the herbs are then poured together in a suitablevessel, tightly sealed, and allowed to settle liquid is poured off intobottles and corked up for use.

When first commencing to use this medicine, it is given intea-spoonfuljdoses one hour after each meal. This amount is graduallyincreased until a table-spoonful is taken at one time, this being thefull dose for an adult, and it should produce a movement of the bowelsabout four times every twenty-four hours. Should the patient beconstipated and the bowels not be moved four times in twentyfour hours,a smallquantity of powdered aloes is added to the medicine-say aboutfive grains to a'scven-ounce bottleful of the mixture. If this shouldnot have the desired effect an additional five grains of aloes is added,and so on until thirty-five grains of aloes have been put into aseven-ounce bottleful of the prepared medicine.

In order that the medicine may have the proper efl'ect, no food or drinkshould be taken for at least one hour before taking the medicine and forone hour and a half after taking.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and-desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The herein-described compound, consisting of the following ingredients,in about the proportions specified, to wit: calamus-root,coriander-seed,juniper-berries, ginger,cinnamon, aloes, alcohol, andwater, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL J. KYTE.

WVitnesses:

THOMAS D. MowLDs, OTIS EGAN.

